The wit of JFK

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  • Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024

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  • @briandfallon74
    @briandfallon74 Год назад +129

    “I cant believe I’m where Big Business wants me…..”

  • @Eyes-of-Horus
    @Eyes-of-Horus 7 лет назад +3441

    One of his best comments was made after he became President. He was asked by a journalist if he didn't think he was too young and didn't have the experience to be president. His response: "Nothing like on the job training,"

    • @HunterWickProductions
      @HunterWickProductions 5 лет назад +33

      You can laugh at that, but not to make a comment section about a famous politician political, but Donald Trump said that very thing, only literally!

    • @judyweeks1480
      @judyweeks1480 5 лет назад +152

      @@HunterWickProductions Only Trump is learning nothing about the job. He's too thick.

    • @Mannydamon
      @Mannydamon 5 лет назад +31

      @@judyweeks1480 thick in the waist and fat in the head

    • @freeguy77
      @freeguy77 5 лет назад +15

      JFK also mentioned something like that about appointing brother Robert to be Attorney General! After RFK ended his time at Justice Dept., the law was changed by Congress to prohibit nepotism appointments by a President.

    • @markhenley3097
      @markhenley3097 4 года назад +46

      @@judyweeks1480 Perhaps you should read about JFK's policies and realise he was as Conservative as Trump is.

  • @Ccubs23
    @Ccubs23 11 месяцев назад +247

    Wow, a President that actually answers questions. What a concept.

    • @JoyceAlgofaidi
      @JoyceAlgofaidi 4 месяца назад +19

      And do it with intelligent humor and class at the same time.

    • @BabsKaz
      @BabsKaz 4 месяца назад +2

      Let's go Team Kennedy 🎉

    • @Ken-ck4zn
      @Ken-ck4zn 4 месяца назад

      lol, Kennedy’s are trash.

    • @dingers5days
      @dingers5days 3 месяца назад +3

      He didn’t answer the question about what his administration has done for women. He said “not enough”, made a joke and that was it

    • @Ken-ck4zn
      @Ken-ck4zn 3 месяца назад

      @@dingers5days , why do women need the government to “do” something for them ?

  • @kevinfitzgerald4561
    @kevinfitzgerald4561 2 года назад +610

    The response to the stern woman “I’m sure we haven’t done enough” with a grin was hilarious 😆

    • @HoboJoe1416
      @HoboJoe1416 2 года назад +33

      One of my favorite interactions of his with the press. Apparently that journalist was well known to his staff and probably served as a pretty good straight ‘man’ for his humorous responses.

    • @danwallach8826
      @danwallach8826 Год назад +29

      I think that was Sarah McClendon and JFK treated her with great respect.

    • @kevinfitzgerald4561
      @kevinfitzgerald4561 Год назад +13

      @@danwallach8826 absolutely. But he captured the humour in the moment so well.

    • @beckyzaugg8513
      @beckyzaugg8513 Год назад +12

      Only a president with class & fine upbringing can reply that way.

    • @light279
      @light279 Год назад +17

      Hilarious... but he did NOT say what he would DO. He would NOT get away with that today.

  • @peterk8909
    @peterk8909 6 лет назад +2600

    His sense of humor showed his intelligence.

    • @lewisc215
      @lewisc215 5 лет назад +19

      @may day Archie Bunker is here; send in the clowns.

    • @freeguy77
      @freeguy77 5 лет назад +46

      I believe that same thought on him. Few could think that quickly, to make a great quip, as good as any professional comedian. So, I guess that also implies those wonderful comedians we all love are also highly intelligent, more than the average person.

    • @silasmarner7586
      @silasmarner7586 4 года назад +15

      Very droll dry humor that absolutely worked!

    • @dmmchugh3714
      @dmmchugh3714 4 года назад +22

      Laughter and humor bring people together - and make the President likeable. People are more inclined to work with and support someone who is likeable.

    • @jansdoe6963
      @jansdoe6963 4 года назад +21

      I was taught that you are able to measure another person's intelligence by his or her's sense of humor.

  • @googz21
    @googz21 8 лет назад +883

    Rest In peace, Mr. President. Your wit, charm, and leadership are sorely missed.

    • @peterk8909
      @peterk8909 6 лет назад +10

      googz21 Amen.

    • @danejurus69
      @danejurus69 5 лет назад +2

      Especially now that the U.S. has a walking, talking jackass as president.

    • @creepythecritter
      @creepythecritter 5 лет назад

      googz21 was a great night for ya bro bro lol lol bruh is your time for a good day bro wyd was the time to get you up there at your door I gotta is a time for you bruh is that a way you

    • @JackeyBoyyy
      @JackeyBoyyy 5 лет назад +9

      @@creepythecritter Shut up. Just... Shut up..

    • @dalehood1846
      @dalehood1846 Год назад

      Can you please translate that?????

  • @timw5108
    @timw5108 8 лет назад +1685

    He handled these press conferences with such ease; the guy was a master at it.

    • @charleswoods8304
      @charleswoods8304 7 лет назад +86

      He was smooth as silk. I wish I knew him.

    • @robertf.kuszewski4150
      @robertf.kuszewski4150 7 лет назад +48

      It's easy to be smooth as silk when your not being attacked every day in a press conference, unlike today's political climate.

    • @andrewgill6770
      @andrewgill6770 7 лет назад +11

      Robert F. Kuszewski except when you don't deliver, you should be criticized.

    • @94fleetwood49
      @94fleetwood49 7 лет назад +29

      Robert F. Kuszewski Get over it, Trump is a joke. JFK is a real president, Trump just whines like a child. Trump is one of the most disrespectful, childish and unqualified to ever become president.

    • @lelandreed8290
      @lelandreed8290 7 лет назад +17

      FL33T WOOD You must be a Democrat that is still whining cause that crook Hillary didn't get to be president. Would you like some cheese with that whine.

  • @seacay7756
    @seacay7756 3 года назад +240

    I saw him in person when I was 8 years old. He was running for president at the time. What was he doing when I saw him? He was riding slowly through a crowd of admirers sitting up on top of the back seat of a Lincoln convertible alongside Jackie. The films from Dallas a couple of years later were particularly haunting for me. He was the only hero I've ever had.

    • @priestessthea
      @priestessthea 3 года назад +27

      He can still be your Hero.

    • @sds5502
      @sds5502 Год назад +10

      Yep, my hero also that I named my son after him, who was born in 95. I cried for days when we lost JFK JR

    • @cedricgist7614
      @cedricgist7614 Год назад +11

      I was six when we lost him - had come home from kindergarten that day. Being older, you probably grasped the situation better than I did initially. I've since said that I became a conspiracy theorist that day.
      What's troubled me since is the revisionist history aimed at tearing down our heroes - the Lincolns, the Kennedys, the Kings, and others who were flawed as we all are - but who extended themselves to make a difference in this indifferent World.
      At my age, I would rather know the full truth - about the philandering, the back-room dealings, the hypocrisy - but I don't appreciate the spirit in which these revelations come to us. I know we shouldn't idolize anyone, but the open contempt expressed by those who point out the flaws and dismiss the achievements disturbs me. Thanks for your comment - I can relate.

    • @AG-dk6qb
      @AG-dk6qb 6 месяцев назад +3

      I was not born yet. But I feel the stunning loss just as deeply since I learned of him in my younger days.

    • @PaminaStormborn
      @PaminaStormborn 4 месяца назад +1

      @@cedricgist7614 Thank you for your comment. I completely feel the same. I was born a week before he was killed. When I learned of him I felt a deep loss, up to now.

  • @chinacada6425
    @chinacada6425 4 года назад +3074

    He literally made people laugh at every question, what a guy. We lost him too early

    • @hannahpocock4152
      @hannahpocock4152 4 года назад +99

      Lol John f kennedy from clone high as your profile picture. Live the reference!

    • @DingusToucher
      @DingusToucher 4 года назад +64

      We lost JFK? I didn't even know he was sick

    • @brickyy3106
      @brickyy3106 4 года назад +42

      Er uh

    • @ripyungtor
      @ripyungtor 4 года назад +33

      Fowah suppah i er uh wanna pahty plattah

    • @theyoung_sinatra
      @theyoung_sinatra 4 года назад +30

      i like your funny words magic man

  • @tinahamilton9058
    @tinahamilton9058 4 года назад +997

    Compare the "leaders" we have today. He was fantastic. Kind, gracious and brilliant.

    • @JuggerKnaught76
      @JuggerKnaught76 3 года назад +36

      Yea, one of the last respectable democrats

    • @pw1576
      @pw1576 3 года назад +9

      @@JuggerKnaught76 That's better than any Republican since they haven't been respectable since Eisenhower.

    • @JuggerKnaught76
      @JuggerKnaught76 3 года назад +1

      @GodZpeed X7 ya

    • @pw1576
      @pw1576 3 года назад +5

      @GodZpeed X7 Republicans are trash.

    • @howardsides5384
      @howardsides5384 3 года назад +13

      @GodZpeed X7 This is what we get when we let 12 year olds comment. Sorry, I understand you have not studied US history or heard of Jimmy Carter.

  • @jennymacallan9071
    @jennymacallan9071 5 лет назад +1065

    "I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris." My favorite example of JFK's wit.

    • @jennifersman7990
      @jennifersman7990 4 года назад +44

      I liked when he was awarding a medal to Alan Shepard, the first man in space, the medal was dropped and without blinking he said the medal had “gone from the ground up”

    • @JamesBond-uz2dm
      @JamesBond-uz2dm 4 года назад +28

      He had that Boston Irish wit. We like to belittle one another, that is how we become friends.

    • @maureendavidson4635
      @maureendavidson4635 4 года назад +12

      Mine too. And there were times when I despaired that our useless Prince Charles would never say anything like that about Diana.

    • @songbirdy
      @songbirdy 4 года назад +2

      And charm!

    • @dons106
      @dons106 4 года назад +12

      @@JamesBond-uz2dm Facts...There will never be another one like him.

  • @stevelee4952
    @stevelee4952 5 месяцев назад +136

    What a man. We are a working class family from London. When the news came on the radio that the great man had been killed, my mum cried for two days. Top man.

    • @nancycohen9125
      @nancycohen9125 4 месяца назад +23

      America would be a different country today if he had lived. A huge tragedy.

    • @woofwoof-w4g
      @woofwoof-w4g 4 месяца назад +15

      We were Americans stationed in Germany when he was killed, a surprising place for my mom, a British war bride who'd experienced the bombing of her home, loss of neighbors, in London by Hitler. I remember her sobbing when we heard the news. There was crying everywhere. JFK had just come 5 months earlier to address the troops.

    • @nickstreeservice4454
      @nickstreeservice4454 2 месяца назад

      Thats what they showed you. . Kennedy was responsible for the bill to remove God from our schools here in america and put darwin in schools, your a monkey now. . He was a socialist and Oswald who worked for the CIA . . Knew of that.

    • @cheriem432
      @cheriem432 24 дня назад +3

      She should have been living near Boston when this happened. We were released early from school and every house that we passed on the way home had people on their front porches crying their hearts out. It was horrible. We were very young, however, and we were annoyed that there was nothing on TV other than all kinds of presidential coverage for four days. We wanted to see our cartoons!

  • @bgmeadows6085
    @bgmeadows6085 7 лет назад +769

    JFK didn't need professional joke writers. He had a genuine and ready wit.

    • @TrequartistaFM
      @TrequartistaFM 5 лет назад +7

      BG Meadows mort sahl wrote for him but I get your sentiment

    • @mollyh426
      @mollyh426 4 года назад +14

      TrequartistaFM how would he write for him if they didn’t know the questions the people were going to ask?

    • @The_Republic_of_Ireland
      @The_Republic_of_Ireland 4 года назад +15

      Staple of Irish culture

    • @TontoEpstein
      @TontoEpstein 4 года назад +1

      @@mollyh426 Oh, come on. The presidents and their staffs generally know what they're going to be asked.

    • @Tmanaz480
      @Tmanaz480 4 года назад +1

      @Stephen Forfer There you go folks. If you don't think it's totally plausible that JFK was shot by one lone raving lunatic, just read the comment above.

  • @haroldclark1787
    @haroldclark1787 4 года назад +767

    What a remarkable person. After all these years the agony is still raw. The wound of his loss on the American psyche has never healed.

    • @JC-oc7um
      @JC-oc7um 4 года назад +2

      Fool

    • @francismallard5892
      @francismallard5892 3 года назад

      The assassination of an American president can have an impact on the American psyche. But JFK was little more than a frat boy slacker who was bolstered up, and rode on, his rich daddy’s coattails. Visit his presidential library in Boston. Even a library dedicated to his legacy cannot avoid phrasing every plaque and photo caption in the best possible light, and yet a reasonable person can read between the lines in the phrasing. He slacked off in school. He was a womanizer. The books that he ostensibly wrote were heavily edited (rewritten) by others at the expense and urging of his dad. JFK was a fraud.

    • @geraldinecollins5225
      @geraldinecollins5225 2 года назад +10

      So true.

    • @lianam3262
      @lianam3262 2 года назад +25

      @@JC-oc7um you are very self-critical ..though - honest :))

    • @non-wokemillennialakat85re72
      @non-wokemillennialakat85re72 Год назад

      @@lianam3262 Very mentally challenged. poor little Tard.

  • @ricoz2016
    @ricoz2016 4 года назад +978

    You really HAD to be there to appreciate the '60's.
    It started off so optimistic, our country was the envy of the world.
    We lost more than a president on 11/22/63.
    We lost our innocence.

    • @paddlepacker
      @paddlepacker 4 года назад +52

      That's why it was called "The End of Camelot"

    • @keithhyttinen8275
      @keithhyttinen8275 3 года назад +11

      In 1970, I was still optimistic. LOL

    • @rodger3352
      @rodger3352 3 года назад +4

      True

    • @allenwatkins4972
      @allenwatkins4972 3 года назад +6

      No tears were shed in our house.

    • @Dana-wq5tp
      @Dana-wq5tp 3 года назад +12

      Martin Scorsese called it the "national car crash."

  • @fgd1883
    @fgd1883 4 года назад +339

    He was not afraid of giving straight answer. Express his own views. Dare to admit certain weaknesses in his administration. Very cool and ready to answer any questions. Great man and leader cannot find someone to replace him.

  • @pla1945
    @pla1945 8 лет назад +1223

    my gosh, a president with a sense of humor.

    • @michaelbarnhart2593
      @michaelbarnhart2593 7 лет назад +53

      No kidding! In one of these press conferences, a reporter told him the Republican Party caucus held a vote on his incompetency as president. JFK's reply was: "I am sure the results were unanimous," and chuckled. Can you even imagine our current thin-skinned president responding that way? Don't think so.

    • @oblivion476
      @oblivion476 7 лет назад +35

      Even Bush could roll with the punches. A damn shame about our current president.

    • @bigswingface5847
      @bigswingface5847 7 лет назад +35

      Just because Obama is a joke, does not mean he has a sense of humor.

    • @crazyhorsepower5947
      @crazyhorsepower5947 7 лет назад +20

      Big Swing Face I find President Trump funnier just look at his comeback video's.

    • @lymanevolution1188
      @lymanevolution1188 6 лет назад

      pla1945 we have those!

  • @evandegenfelder4554
    @evandegenfelder4554 5 лет назад +403

    A class act, a president who was a dignified, intelligent person who could poke fun at himself and not fall apart and insult others if criticized.

    • @robertwilliams060
      @robertwilliams060 Год назад

      @Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

    • @bluecheese4877
      @bluecheese4877 Год назад +3

      Welcome to the 1960’s

    • @1556cm
      @1556cm Год назад +7

      Sorry, he cheated on his wife, NOT a class act.

    • @ricestrada5556
      @ricestrada5556 Год назад +6

      @@1556cm who hasn't cheated on their wife. NOBODY is perfect.

    • @detroitdave9512
      @detroitdave9512 Год назад +1

      And still knocking the women down behind the scenes lmao

  • @JasonFerguson1283
    @JasonFerguson1283 4 года назад +574

    What a crime to have snuffed out the life of such a brilliant leader. He had much more to give.

    • @Cërəbrâl
      @Cërəbrâl Год назад

      Yup democrats have been removing Great leaders for quite a while, democrat killed Lincoln, democrats orchestrated the hit on JFK and now they are doing everything in their power to block Trump from winning after they stole 2020 from him.

    • @AlxndrXX
      @AlxndrXX Год назад +19

      Cia the Fed. JP morgan Chase

    • @freeguy77
      @freeguy77 Год назад

      @@AlxndrXX LBJ, FBI Director J.E. Hoover, the Mob, the anti-Castro Cubans, the Pentagon military brass that wanted the War in Vietnam that JFK opposed and was in process of removing the Army ADVISORS there; the first 1,000 to be going home by Dec. 31, 1963, of the 16,000; with the bulk of them home by 1965; after his re-election. (NSAM #263 on Oct. 11). Reversed by LBJ from his NSAM #273 on Tue. Nov. 26, the day after JFKs funeral. Proof that the coup was from LBJs lifetime desire to be president at any cost, and the war that was for $ BILLIONS to the war armament companies, and those same war armament stock picks that made LBJ and the others who knew in advance, fabulously wealthy!

    • @DibbzTV
      @DibbzTV 10 месяцев назад +12

      He was in his PRIME! I can only imagine

    • @television1088
      @television1088 10 месяцев назад

      Russia killed him. It's what they do.

  • @Wayne5455
    @Wayne5455 Год назад +57

    A President with Humility! That is a long gone trait of American senior leadership.

    • @TAYLORFAN50
      @TAYLORFAN50 5 дней назад

      He wasn't very humble about his affair with Ms. Monroe. I felt sorry for Jackie Kennedy who was pure class. ❤

  • @theseventhsojourner1413
    @theseventhsojourner1413 8 лет назад +195

    Whatever you say about the man and the president, he was witty and charming and self-effacing - and a pleasure to watch in action.

    • @johnhariis250
      @johnhariis250 5 лет назад +2

      @may day That's what your Sister said 🙄

    • @JC-oc7um
      @JC-oc7um 4 года назад

      ROFLMAO

  • @musthavechannel5262
    @musthavechannel5262 8 лет назад +449

    "I can't believe I'm where big business wants me", better than scripted humor.

    • @johnnypastrana6727
      @johnnypastrana6727 5 лет назад +21

      @Anonymous Doe JFK was pro union and pro working man, big business were at loggerheads with the democrat party in the 1930s thru the early 60s...then Johnson made all of the arms' manufacturers and war merchants wealthier with the war in Vietnam.

    • @judyweeks1480
      @judyweeks1480 5 лет назад +5

      @Anonymous Doe That's why you didn't get the joke...

    • @freeguy77
      @freeguy77 5 лет назад +7

      @@johnnypastrana6727 You got it exactly correct with your astute observation of what the war in Vietnam was really about! War profiteering, with LBJ and Lady Bird also becoming wealthy with her stock investments that greatly increased from that war disaster that killed so many great men and divided the nation for over a decade.

    • @humanforfreedom9583
      @humanforfreedom9583 4 года назад +2

      The only place big business wanted him was in the ground.

    • @bradbyington6662
      @bradbyington6662 4 года назад +3

      Johnny Pastrana but Jack was definitely pro private -sector job creation and tax cuts across the board. A tax cut his own party opposed.
      He was for organized labor but totally wanted to rid of corruption .

  • @GeneAutry2
    @GeneAutry2 4 года назад +1248

    I so loved him and admired him. I was 14 when he was killed, the same year my dad committed suicide. It is hard for me to say to this day which hurt more. Of all the eulogies for him, I remember one from Adlai Stevenson: "He made it seem as though it would be fun to be President."

    • @shesslucky
      @shesslucky 4 года назад +64

      sorry for your loss

    • @kingsway.183
      @kingsway.183 4 года назад +18

      You still got it old man!

    • @evannickolaou1098
      @evannickolaou1098 4 года назад +28

      I think that for him it actually was fun. I can't help but notice him take advantage of the fact that he was the first guy in that seat that women actually liked to look at. I mean, FDR is a personal hero but I think even he himself would recognize that he wasn't exactly photogenic . Again, Beautiful man,,,,,on the inside. But 'da kid's got 'em beat wit' dat smile,am I right? In watching that last clip I am once again brought to notice the ease Kennedy had making the slightest grin turn at least one demographic in the audience to mush,and the rest applaud at his capability to disarm potential political opposing environments.

    • @kingsway.183
      @kingsway.183 4 года назад +5

      @@Comicsontop you have to be joking the man literally said the year jfk died 1963 idiot.

    • @sonnyburnett8725
      @sonnyburnett8725 4 года назад +8

      @@Comicsontop , The chimp is still reporting all is ok.

  • @AYVYN
    @AYVYN 2 года назад +267

    “I’m sure we haven’t done enough” That’s still funny over half a century later to a new generation hahaha

    • @karmad4491
      @karmad4491 Год назад +5

      Equal pay for women - big joke. /s

    • @soloar2007
      @soloar2007 Год назад +6

      I'm not being pissy, but I genuinely don't get why that's so funny. I don't mean it's offensive today blah blah, just literally, why is that so funny? What an incredibly low bar for wit. If he looked like Nixon you'd sit stone-faced

    • @AYVYN
      @AYVYN Год назад +4

      @@soloar2007 You on the other hand have done too much.

    • @mrsmacca126
      @mrsmacca126 5 месяцев назад +1

      Drug and sex addict. Today, he’d be in prison

    • @AYVYN
      @AYVYN 5 месяцев назад +5

      @@mrsmacca126 Not sure where you live but prescription drugs and intercourse are both legal in America.

  • @Bossmanrocks
    @Bossmanrocks 8 лет назад +379

    He epitomizes the word 'Charming.'

    • @johnerikson828
      @johnerikson828 7 лет назад +5

      Bossmanrocks Yes, I'm sure Marilyn Monroe thought the same thing ..

    • @loukneeshaw631
      @loukneeshaw631 5 лет назад +2

      His many mistresses thought so.

    • @anyaaa2801
      @anyaaa2801 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@loukneeshaw631I was shocked when I saw the letters ngl. Jackie loved him so much but did he really have that same love for her in the end…?

    • @monichat
      @monichat 4 месяца назад

      I don't believe all those rumours about JFK being unfaithful, especially not with MM, for Heaven's sake - Many politicians wanted to tarnish his memory - Usually an affair takes place in secrecy - So how could these people know -

  • @geomax5470
    @geomax5470 4 года назад +447

    I wish today's politicians could be as charming as this great man. JFK was never boring and filled with authentic wisdom.

    • @Tmanaz480
      @Tmanaz480 4 года назад +9

      Then Nixon ruined it for everyone.

    • @GM-dp8nz
      @GM-dp8nz 4 года назад

      @@Tmanaz480 true

    • @JC-oc7um
      @JC-oc7um 4 года назад +1

      Fool

    • @WakaWaka2468
      @WakaWaka2468 3 года назад +1

      Trump was more charismatic

    • @bahhhh6126
      @bahhhh6126 3 года назад +11

      @@WakaWaka2468 he was a overweight hamster

  • @AFGuidesHD
    @AFGuidesHD 4 года назад +2003

    "I'm sure we haven't done enough"
    *everyone laughs
    lol I know you wouldn't get that reaction these days.

    • @TonyEnglandUK
      @TonyEnglandUK 4 года назад +175

      I'm not American so I really shouldn't be commenting at all but man, America - where did all your JFK's go?

    • @wholeNwon
      @wholeNwon 4 года назад +53

      Bet you would. But our politicians are largely too stupid to make the quip.

    • @wholeNwon
      @wholeNwon 4 года назад +66

      @@TonyEnglandUK Why shouldn't you comment? We still have them but they don't want to enter modern US politics.

    • @wholeNwon
      @wholeNwon 4 года назад +19

      @@TonyEnglandUK It's hard to believe that it was worse in the past. But it's bad enough now. The average citizen doesn't usually bother to vote, so we have no right to expect better, I guess.

    • @maximusextreme3725
      @maximusextreme3725 4 года назад +7

      @@TonyEnglandUK There would certainly be less division between the 2 parties.

  • @leighshepherd8356
    @leighshepherd8356 2 года назад +87

    So terrific to listen to even 60 years later

    • @tray488
      @tray488 4 месяца назад +1

      Yes.

    • @warrenrosen132
      @warrenrosen132 4 месяца назад +1

      An infectious smile.

    • @ronaldshank7589
      @ronaldshank7589 2 месяца назад

      At least with some of the views that he personally held onto back then...
      He'd most likely be a Republican today! He believed in the U. S. Constitution, unlike many Democrats today. I feel that, if he was still alive today, he'd be just like President Reagan was, when President Reagan said:I didn't abandon the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party abandoned me!

    • @cheriem432
      @cheriem432 24 дня назад +2

      You should watch the vid where he is chastising someone for having spent a fortune at Jordan Marsh (a local store) on a bedroom set for, I think, Jackie.

  • @TheAnxietyCloset
    @TheAnxietyCloset 5 лет назад +485

    My grandparents got to experience this first hand. When meeting JFK, my grandmother was apparently so taken by how handsome he was that she said "It's nice to meet you Senator McCarthy". My grandparents were mortified but JFK apparently laughed it off and responded that McCarthy was "a fine Irish name too".

    • @nihilisticbarbie
      @nihilisticbarbie 5 лет назад +25

      Wow, they really got to meet him? How lucky they were. Where and when?

    • @peggypeggy4137
      @peggypeggy4137 5 лет назад +29

      That is hilarious that JFK said that. Especially when you consider the difference between the 2 men!

    • @TheAnxietyCloset
      @TheAnxietyCloset 4 года назад +24

      @@nihilisticbarbie my late grandfather was a journalist. I'm guessing it was some upstate NY event in the late 1950's. I believe the encounter predated his Presidential campaign.

    • @TheAnxietyCloset
      @TheAnxietyCloset 4 года назад +4

      @@peggypeggy4137 hence the said mortification 🙂

    • @nihilisticbarbie
      @nihilisticbarbie 4 года назад +6

      @@TheAnxietyCloset @TheAnxietyCloset that's amazing, thank you for sharing his story 🙌🏼

  • @inherentnature5938
    @inherentnature5938 5 лет назад +718

    “Well I’m sure we haven’t done enough...”
    🤣

    • @dallasjones8185
      @dallasjones8185 4 года назад +53

      Yes, very funny. A little condescending, but can't help but laugh at his quick response "I'm glad you reminded me."

    • @Maximob-dm5wi
      @Maximob-dm5wi 4 года назад +6

      I don’t get it

    • @majicmack1605
      @majicmack1605 4 года назад +21

      Maximob3602 she said what have you done for the women which obviously shows she’s not upset so he said “we havent done enough” because if they did she wouldnt be up there complaining about it

    • @blackxworm4946
      @blackxworm4946 4 года назад +4

      Crazy! I read your comment at the exact time he said it.

    • @veritasiumaequitasius3530
      @veritasiumaequitasius3530 4 года назад +14

      @@Maximob-dm5wi It's never enough. Equal everything, still not enough. Special treatment and benefits only for them, still never enough. Same for every "minority" group who claims to be oppressed. It's never, never, ever enough.

  • @eclecticreader961
    @eclecticreader961 5 лет назад +150

    "What have you done for the women?"
    "Well I probably haven't done enough"
    Classic wit ;)

    • @frankm1424
      @frankm1424 4 года назад +11

      Irony is he signed into law the equal pay for equal work bill

    • @sirmount2636
      @sirmount2636 4 года назад +6

      @@frankm1424 Irony is he cheated on his wife multiple times

    • @sirmount2636
      @sirmount2636 3 года назад +1

      @@handsomeorangutan7285 Because I was the other woman he slept with.

    • @hristiyanhristov3662
      @hristiyanhristov3662 3 года назад +1

      @@handsomeorangutan7285 A better question is how do you NOT know that, JFK is the most famous womanizer in USA politics.

  • @hawksfan8870
    @hawksfan8870 3 года назад +79

    Ah, classic humor from JFK. Makes me smile.

  • @why.so.serious.9374
    @why.so.serious.9374 7 лет назад +2887

    Is it just me, or does anyone else wish they had a time machine or something so they could go back and prevent his death?

    • @danielericbenavidez2346
      @danielericbenavidez2346 6 лет назад +46

      Im Working on that very thing bro..

    • @tomboynton4607
      @tomboynton4607 6 лет назад +155

      Check out the book “11/22/63” by Stephen King. It examines that very premise. Enjoy!

    • @BullToTheShit
      @BullToTheShit 6 лет назад +20

      Not sure how I would stop Oswald. Tell the cops there's a guy on the 6th floor with a rifle sitting & waiting near the window, I guess.

    • @peopleneedtosticktogethera1479
      @peopleneedtosticktogethera1479 6 лет назад +116

      @@BullToTheShit Oswald?? You think Oswald killed jfk? Mate you need to look at who runs the world and who wanted him gone. Oswald was just a patsy.

    • @BullToTheShit
      @BullToTheShit 6 лет назад +30

      > *You **_think_** Oswald killed jfk*
      No, I don't merely "think" Oswald shot Kennedy.

  • @ferabra8939
    @ferabra8939 8 лет назад +499

    If you listen to the background, it sounds more like stand up comedy than the press conference of a President. Amazing how the man could charm everyone in a room. I bet Nixon went green with envy seeing those press conferences. But Nixon had no charm at all, and JFK was all charm and wit.

    • @ferabra8939
      @ferabra8939 8 лет назад +18

      True, Nixon's voice was more radio friendly.

    • @loyaldude10
      @loyaldude10 8 лет назад +18

      and that was one of the reasons Nixon was so insecure, and eventually led to his downfall

    • @0907oliv
      @0907oliv 8 лет назад +20

      To Fer Abra: I think you are right. I suspect that this film clip might have been taken from another film (probably documentary) where the filmmaker inserted canned laughter in it - which was unnecessary - because there is enough laughter in the real deal. I know that this was done in the documentary Letters to Jackie -- and it made me crazy when I saw that film. A good documentary about his wit (and intelligence) shown at press conferences was, I believe, entitled: "Thank You, Mr. President" -- and that one shows the real clips.

    • @Tigerheiress
      @Tigerheiress 7 лет назад +12

      Fer Abra it was mainly because his brother joe jr always got the spotlight with grades and sports. jack had to compete somehow. his charm and charisma took care of it.

    • @ferabra8939
      @ferabra8939 7 лет назад +8

      Yeah, you have a very solid point. JFK's personality was largely a consequence of his relationship with his brother Joe Jr. Joe might have been the number one at sports and academically, but he was probably more serious and self centered than Jack was.

  • @grettelvargas844
    @grettelvargas844 8 лет назад +106

    Indeed, JFK was a really good looking, charming, smart, classy and funny guy. RIP.

  • @filmguymike
    @filmguymike Год назад +18

    John F Kennedy was so well read and had an opinion, usually a solid opinion, on every question addressed to him, and the dignity to address every question posed to him

  • @ciaranoconnell4783
    @ciaranoconnell4783 4 года назад +39

    Some people in the room are literally in love with him. I can hear a fangirl squealing with joy after a funny answer from JFK at 1:36.

  • @DeborahLong7777
    @DeborahLong7777 7 лет назад +551

    This is called CLASS !!!

    • @jennifersman7990
      @jennifersman7990 5 лет назад +6

      Debbe Long ...And style!

    • @redpine8665
      @redpine8665 5 лет назад +12

      @@jennifersman7990 Amazing that in the age of 'me too' that women such as yourself will just overlook the fact that he had sex with subordinate interns on a regular basis. But hey, he's witty, and 'class'. You women need to make up your mind.

    • @pugsley9824
      @pugsley9824 5 лет назад +5

      @@redpine8665 In 2019 you can't talk about the positive aspects of any historical figures because even though they died decades ago they are still beholden to modern day moral standards.
      Have i got that right?

    • @redpine8665
      @redpine8665 5 лет назад +1

      @@pugsley9824 You've got that wrong. Women have commented here, how classy and witty he was, most knowing his womanizing ways - exploiting young subordinates. So do guys that were/are handsome, witty and charming get a pass - not subject to the 'mee-too' deal? Same with Bill Clinton. I knew so many women who were ok with what he did because, well, he was charming and handsome, so all was forgiven. It just makes me laugh.

    • @pugsley9824
      @pugsley9824 5 лет назад +1

      @@redpine8665 who's saying all is forgiven? Having huge personality faults doesn't make every aspect of your personality bad. Rapists can be charming, murderers can have class.

  • @ruthlester-scott2295
    @ruthlester-scott2295 4 года назад +137

    Loved this man so much.... such charm, charisma, good looks..... he had it all. RIP John, you were so loved by so many. 💔

    • @light279
      @light279 Год назад +1

      Don't be fooled by charm, charisma and good looks. He did NOT answer many of the questions.

    • @anthonycaruso8443
      @anthonycaruso8443 Год назад

      He cheated on his wife,and approved the killing of South Vietnamese President Diem in1963

    • @dalehood1846
      @dalehood1846 Год назад

      @light279, The old shell game.

    • @ethangroat8333
      @ethangroat8333 Год назад +1

      He also had something of a grip on economics! Lowering the tax rate to improve output of the economy and increase job opportunities was fantastic.

    • @beckyfrazee1508
      @beckyfrazee1508 Год назад +1

      It broke my heart when he was murdered, when they made the announcement I ran from my high school class room to the restroom and cried for a long time. It was so shocking and painful.

  • @scottbrandts610
    @scottbrandts610 2 года назад +115

    Just pause for a moment and imagine the kind of world we would've been handed by this fine, brilliant, upstanding man, had he been allowed what we all take for granted every single day...
    His life.
    Mr John Fitzgerald Kennedy is an imprint on history and the human condition. No one ever did a finer job.
    Bless your soul, sir.
    Melbourne, Australia.

    • @markrobinowitz8473
      @markrobinowitz8473 Год назад +8

      He signed an order to start the withdrawal from Vietnam about a month before he was extrajudicially removed from office. Imagine if the war on Vietnam had come to an end in his second term and the Cold War had also been ended. His June 10, 1963 speech at American University and Sept. 20, 1963 speech to the UN are good introductions to those initiatives.

    • @FOTAP97
      @FOTAP97 Год назад +6

      ⁠@@markrobinowitz8473 Exactly right - and thus was he marked out for assassination.
      But evil never prospers in the end, and their Day of reckoning will yet come.

    • @Gwen-joyful-light
      @Gwen-joyful-light Год назад +3

      He certainly tried ❤

    • @anthonycaruso8443
      @anthonycaruso8443 Год назад

      Fake Catholic.Approved of the killing of SVPresident Diem in 1963

    • @Gigi1111Layna
      @Gigi1111Layna Год назад

      @@FOTAP97 Look no further that LBJ. He's the🐷 that orchestrated the murder of JFK. Evidence we have now all leads back to him. He had the means, the desperation to be President and the rogue CIA, cops, the Texan oil men and the mafia, all willing to help. He's the blight on American history no matter what he did during his default Presidential nomination.

  • @SoManyFeels
    @SoManyFeels 8 лет назад +264

    America's last hope for an honest, intelligent president. He was going to change America for the better. Jack Kennedy will always be America's true President. No comparison to any other dull, crooked, money hungry President we were forced to deal with. Everything that happened on Nov. 22 '63 was tragedy. Losing our dear Jack. I wish he had more time to make the change America desperately needed. We will always love you John F Kennedy.

    • @depaola63
      @depaola63 8 лет назад +11

      Beautifully said! I was 6 months old on 11/22/63......I believe also that we would be today a much better world had he lived!

    • @grettelvargas844
      @grettelvargas844 8 лет назад +4

      Totally agree with you.

    • @billanthony7896
      @billanthony7896 8 лет назад +15

      +SoManyFeels What many today fail to grasp, is that Kennedy was disliked by a large percentage of the population at the time. Had he been as 'beloved' as many today seem to think, there would have been no reason for him to travel to Texas in November of '63 in an attempt to mend political fences in preparation for the 1964 campaign. A trip he himself referred to as traveling into "nut" country. JFK had won an extremely close election in 1960, and those opposed to his presidency, and policies, hadn't just disappeared. Furthermore, most of the legislation passed on civil rights, an issue tied to him personally today, was actually passed by his successor in the wake of his violent death. Americans in 1964 seemed to develop a case of collective amnesia. In a poll conducted in late '64, eighty-two percent of participants claimed to have voted for Kennedy; an impossibly high number compared with the actual election results of 1960. Had Kennedy lived to finish out his first term, and had he been re-elected, a question we'll never know with certainty, it's hard to say how history would have rated him. It was his untimely and violent death which elevated his status to "beloved." His actual accomplishments during his short time in office, were really not all that impressive. His life cut violently short, and all that he MIGHT have accomplished, is his true legacy. And yet today, he is thought of as a "great" president. The collective amnesia regarding his life, continues to this day. This is an unpopular viewpoint, but facts are stubborn things. President Kennedy had a dynamic personality, of that there is No Doubt. His actual performance as president, however, is completely overshadowed by his death. It may take another hundred years before an accurate assessment of his presidency is truly possible.

    • @intosilence1773
      @intosilence1773 8 лет назад +6

      +Bill Anthony Damn bro. You hit it dead on. Everything you said is true. Yes he wanted to end the Federal Reserve, the Mob, the CIA, the involvement in Vietnam, all good causes that would've truly turned this country around for the better. But the truth is he didn't do any of it. And there's no way to know for sure that he would've done everything if he lived. But here's my personal take on all this which i will share with you because you seem very open minded. Kennedy's enemies were not just terrestrial but celestial as well. I am referrering to the Devil and his servants. Whether you believe in God or not, the Bible says that when Satan tempted Jesus while he was here on Earth, Satan offered Jesus all the kingdoms of man and their glory if Jesus would give him just one act of worship. My point is that this scripture shows that Satan is really the one controlling and influencing every government of the world, even the U.S. Because he couldn't have offered something that wasn't his to give. So with that fact established, Satan was not going to allow some good hearted man to come out of nowhere and try to undo all the evil that has taken root in this world since the beginning. So of course he would do everthing in his power to get rid of him. That's what every king and president in history has failed to realize, that this world is NOT our domain but his. Men are just puppets and he is the master pulling the strings. That is also why no politician will ever truly bring change to the world. Again i believe in this and i respect all those who do and who don't. But with as many enemies as Kennedy had, the real question is how he managed to survive for so long. Like you said, maybe one day people will look at him more objectively but for now he is immortalized in love.

    • @steveweinstein3222
      @steveweinstein3222 8 лет назад +1

      I just finished Dalleck's masterful biography of JFK, and he never once mentioned ending the Fed, he relied more than any other president on the CIA, and he not only got us into Vietnam his constant interference (via the CIA) got us entrenched. As for the Mob, his brother was the one who went after him, but yes, that was his administration. Where do you get these notions???

  • @edithann1284
    @edithann1284 8 лет назад +82

    I appreciate seeing presidential humor. It reminds me of how smart and human they are. We need more videos like this.

  • @DrSourPurp
    @DrSourPurp 8 лет назад +996

    There is a reason he died, his brother died, MLK, Malcom X, etc all within a short period of time. They wanted too much democracy. All heros and all taken from us because they were going to make our lives better.

    • @tjtrapstar
      @tjtrapstar 8 лет назад +25

      I was literally just checking the dates of the death and it's all within 8 -10 years it's unbelievable what we live in right now

    • @tupactip
      @tupactip 8 лет назад +17

      Too.much democracy is called socialist. That why America is a republic never eas a democracy.
      …I would like to be clearly understood…we, the Soviet people, are for socialism…. We want more socialism and, therefore, more democracy.”
      Mikhail Gorbachev Perestroika - New Thinking for Our Country and the World 1988
      “The Western democracy of today is the forerunner of Marxism which without it would not be thinkable.” - Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler
      “So the fight for workers’ democracy is inseparable from the fight for socialism, and is the condition for its victory. Workers’ democracy is the only road to socialism, here in the Untied States and everywhere else….” - James P. Cannon, a founder of both the U.S. Communist Party and U.S. Trotskyism, Fighting for Socialism in the ‘American Century’ pg 134
      “In a word, democracy is indispensable not because it renders superfluous the conquest of political power by the proletariat but because it renders this conquest of power both necessary and possible.”- Rosa Luxemburg, German Communist, “Problems of Socialism” page 62 (note of this often misquoted from Vladimir Lenin)

    • @RandomAutomaton
      @RandomAutomaton 8 лет назад +29

      It's a democratic republic, just so you know.

    • @freeguy77
      @freeguy77 8 лет назад +12

      DrSourPurp, Mostly because the Deep State special interests have a decidedly different view of what policies should be done, sharply contrasting to what JFK and the people wanted. The Banksters (Federal Reserve), The War-Mongers (CIA and Military), The Power Seekers (LBJ), all wanted different policies (or just a pure power grab, from LBJ) than JFK was pursuing; namely PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE with the Soviet Union. They are relatively small in number, but have huge power behind the scenes in directing the President, the Senate, the House, and their bought-and-paid-for upper-level Bureaucracy that can't be fired as they have Civil Service protection and only can be fired for limited and defined causes.

    • @freeguy77
      @freeguy77 8 лет назад +7

      Tjtrapstar, it's actually less than 5 years! Nov. 1963 for JFK, Feb. 1965 for Malcolm X, Apr. 1968 for MLK, and Jun. 1968 for RFK.

  • @genghisthegreat2034
    @genghisthegreat2034 Год назад +30

    20 years training at a large Irish American family dinner table. Can't beat it.

    • @smartbomb7202
      @smartbomb7202 4 месяца назад

      could have been a drunken Irish fool like so many others

  • @barefoot191
    @barefoot191 7 лет назад +80

    Say whatever you want, democrat or republican, this man was a leader. Check it out during those 13 days in October of 1962. Nothing else matters in his short reign. The world could have easily been altered forever in a bad way. It was that close!

    • @peterk8909
      @peterk8909 6 лет назад +1

      barefoot191 I think that's when he figured out he could run the country, be a world leader.

    • @d23g32
      @d23g32 6 лет назад

      Some historians and his many critics at the time have argued that JFK blundered the US into the Cuban Missile Crisis in the first place. Among other examples, his vacillation at the Bay of Pigs sent mixed signals to Khrushchev and convinced the Kremlin that he was weak and wouldn't respond to Soviet moves in Cuba. Khrushchev thought JFK was a political amateur, which he was, and that he was in office only because his daddy had money and political connections.

    • @peterk8909
      @peterk8909 6 лет назад +2

      d23g32 The plan to invade Cuba was hatched during the Eisenhower administration. It was no longer any secret. Some believe JFK thought the CIA was overstepping it authority, especially working with organized crime.

    • @jennifersman7990
      @jennifersman7990 5 лет назад +2

      It was mainly because he surrounded himself with smart people and LISTENED to them

    • @drinkmoreorganicplants9459
      @drinkmoreorganicplants9459 5 лет назад +1

      barefoot 191. I totally agree. love JFK and was so sad when he was assassinated. I believe he could have done more for this country ... but comparing presidents is not productive- those were different times, and he as well as our present President did their best to help under different pressures.
      I love JFK and I also love President TRUMP. Among the two- Presidents - our Donald TRUMP was blessed with time to stay in office - has done more in 2 years for the black community than any of the 11 or 13 Presidents in the past.
      If JFK were alive today, I believe he would have stopped illegal immigration and built the most formidable barrier, supported by the military and technology to defend this nation. JFK would have supported Donald Trump as was his action to defend this nation in 1963 ; JFK would support Trump because he is pro-life and will not approve of killing babies . JFK would grieve to see the state of the democratic party and what it has become in this decade.
      President Trump is not a perfect man- he is flawed just like JFK, just like the rest of us- but in TRUMP's time we cannot deny the economy is great, our unemployment low, our jobs are plentiful, the prisoners and our inner cities are given a second chance to do better in life, men or women are being supported , all races are encouraged to thrive, the veterans are being supported and he continues to keep illegal immigration at bay...
      President Trump worked without taking a salary, endured the "slings/arrows" from a hostile media, endured the opposition in his own party and the brutal undeserved attacks from the democratic party .
      No weapons will flourish against this President- He is protected by the Almighty., this is the miracle of 2016 and for years to come.
      Democrats in Texas for TRUMP
      Democrats in Texas for JFK ( rest in peace )
      Mothers of the Slain for TRUMP
      Catholics of Texas for TRUMP
      Mothers Against Drunk Drivers for TRUMP

  • @Robby24ish
    @Robby24ish 8 лет назад +176

    He's so charming,intelligent, personable...., he was a good ,fun(& I mean fun) president. Peace

  • @hvrtguys
    @hvrtguys 4 года назад +62

    I was born in 1960. He was shot in 63. The earliest memory that I can confirm was the day he was shot. I remember it because both my grandmother and mother were crying.

    • @jonathancarlson6127
      @jonathancarlson6127 3 года назад +4

      My Mother, too, born in 60. She just remembered wanting to watch cartoons and only seeing the coffin on every channel.

    • @Peter-gi3re
      @Peter-gi3re 4 месяца назад

      I was born in 59 in Ireland and I remember my mother crying too when it happened.

    • @micheleMAGGIO-m8j
      @micheleMAGGIO-m8j 4 месяца назад

      everyone was crying...everyone...

  • @patwhite7970
    @patwhite7970 Год назад +8

    I have to admit that he had a great sense of humor, could speak with little or no script and great rapport with the press.

  • @mohankumarmurugesan
    @mohankumarmurugesan 5 лет назад +73

    I am from India, I've been learning history for years. No leader in such a short span made a huge impact in the society. And he had lot to give. If he survived the world would have gone through a different coarse of History where there wouldn't be any War after 1960s. That's why he was killed. Forever a role-model & an Icon!

    • @TrevorEMayo
      @TrevorEMayo Год назад

      You really should do more in depth reading on the JFK administration and on human nature in general. Even RFK after the assassination was despondent that he and his brother didn't accomplish that much. LBJ (regardless of what you believe on the soundness of his domestic agenda) got much more done than Kennedy domestically. The entire span of human history is filled with nothing much more than people slaughtering each other to gain territory and power, our nature's are innately evil. There's nothing any political leader will change about that.

  • @Swlabr61
    @Swlabr61 7 лет назад +371

    Too bad what wasn't included was the one where a reporter asked JFK if he enjoyed being president and if he would recommend it to others. He replied that the answer to the first question was yes, the answer to the second one was, "no, I don't recommend it to others. At least not for a while." 😄

    • @creepythecritter
      @creepythecritter 5 лет назад

      Swlabr61 he died because of a new book club and a great time to be a part of the family that we could get together for the future.

    • @dougrhonable
      @dougrhonable 4 года назад +4

      That was ironically his final press conference.

    • @jasoncook4938
      @jasoncook4938 4 года назад +1

      He literally made people laugh at every question, what a guy. We lost him too early

    • @allenjenkins7947
      @allenjenkins7947 4 года назад

      Unfortunately, it wasn't much of a while.

  • @theresatitus-lawson3431
    @theresatitus-lawson3431 6 лет назад +28

    I was just a teenager, but I loved listening to his press conferences. I miss the intelligence and class of John F. Kennedy!

  • @laurielyon7740
    @laurielyon7740 Год назад +49

    JFK will long be remembered for the wit and charm he brought to the White House. I’m 75 and a Canadian and I clearly remember the so-called ‘Camelot’ air of his time. And I can say that his assassination remains the most shocking event that occurred in my life. It was as though the earth tilted off its axis.

    • @john1198
      @john1198 Год назад

      Coup . He was killed like a animal in the middle of the street to warn future presidents purposely . You better obey and stop being hard headed.

    • @freeguy77
      @freeguy77 Год назад +2

      @laurielyon I couldn't have said it any better. I was a bit younger than you then, but remember how well the country was doing until that awful Black Friday, the real first one, that installed a big government, special interest president who wanted war so he could be like his political 'daddy' (FDR) to "win" a war and be a war hero. The money itself in 1963 was still solid as it consisted of circulating (90%) silver coins, and the 'dollar' itself redeemable into gold at the Treasury at $35 per oz. It is now, over $2,000 / oz. with no gold tie, showing the "dollar" has been massively inflated (from Aug. 15, 1971) to now being only a piece of fancy banker's paper with some ink slapped on it. That change in its quality has destroyed its purchasing power by 98.3% of what it could buy in the marketplace from Aug. 1971.

    • @eduardoreveles2546
      @eduardoreveles2546 9 месяцев назад

      What were you doing when you heard the news?

    • @laurielyon7740
      @laurielyon7740 9 месяцев назад

      @@eduardoreveles2546 I was 15 years of age and sitting for a written history exam at my high school.
      During the exam, there was a quiet knock at the door. The presiding teacher opened the door a crack and there was a brief exchange.
      The teacher made a quiet gasp, then closed the door. But she was clearly shaken by the message. But she did not interrupt the exam. However, when time had expired, we were instructed to ‘turn in your papers to the front desk, but return to your seats for an important announcement.’
      This was most unusual. Normally one would hand in the paper and leave.
      When we were again in our seats, the principal, Mr Totten, came over the PA. His exact words were….’I have an announcement that will bring shock and sorrow to the staff and students of R.H. King. ( the name of the high school). President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas today. ‘. And with that the announcement was over.
      Upon arriving home, I don’t think I was absent from the television for more than 5 minutes until after the funeral on Monday. I also watched, as did millions, Ruby shoot Oswald on live television.
      I’m not religious by any stretch, but the hymn that was played at JFK’s funeral has remained in my memory.
      Eternal Father Strong To Save is, from my understanding, the hymn of the US Navy.
      Without question, the most shocking event that occurred during my lifetime.

    • @tinahamilton9058
      @tinahamilton9058 4 месяца назад

      @@laurielyon7740 Nothing since ever knocked me so hard. It was absolutely inconceivable, unimaginable that such a public act of slaughter could take place in our country. By the time 9/11 came along, we were inured to it.

  • @billybones6890
    @billybones6890 8 лет назад +353

    Never be another Jack Kennedy

    • @alfrednaughton283
      @alfrednaughton283 7 лет назад +7

      That could be construed in two ways.

    • @ccreature3927
      @ccreature3927 6 лет назад +7

      John*

    • @normanalvarez5751
      @normanalvarez5751 6 лет назад +1

      Yes you're right thank God it won't be another one

    • @Hoosrice13
      @Hoosrice13 6 лет назад +1

      His name was john fs why do people fucking call him jack 😠

    • @kezz1507
      @kezz1507 6 лет назад +8

      JH211309 it was his nickname that those close to him used

  • @lynngregory393
    @lynngregory393 7 лет назад +39

    His ability to work the room continues to impress; neither condescending nor cruel, his wit endures as one of the finest qualities of his presidency. The civility of these conferences is lost, however for it does not seem today that we were ever that respectful of each other.

    • @btbistawros8155
      @btbistawros8155 6 лет назад

      Remember, President Kennedy was not under attack every minute of every hour as our current president is. Yes, our president is not perfect, but the media is becoming trash and anti-America. It's up to us to stand up and fight for what is right and the return of respect for one another no matter how we differ in our opinions.

    • @siobhanofarrell4646
      @siobhanofarrell4646 2 года назад

      @@btbistawros8155 The pu$$y grabber in chief has done nothing to deserve the respect of anyone in your country. I have relatives in the US and they are quite rightly disgusted by him. Even though he is now out of the White House (thank God) he is still capable of making your country an international laughing stock and he’s still bent on sewing nothing but tension and hostility between the American people. He’s a cancer on your country and he’ll kill it if given the chance. Look at what he did on January 6. His supporters were storming the Capital, literally calling for Mike Pence and Nancy Pelosi’s heads and smearing their crap on the walls. My what a classy guy the wanna be daughter wanker is.

  • @lisabradford8180
    @lisabradford8180 7 лет назад +45

    great sense of humor and a beautiful smile, just two of the attributes the man had. rest in peace, mr. president.

  • @robertacolarette1594
    @robertacolarette1594 Год назад +65

    What a brilliant man. You can see him listening very intently to every question. For him to come up with something amusing on the spot is remarkable. No wonder the press liked him so much.

    • @freeguy77
      @freeguy77 Год назад +2

      From what I read, if he had lived to be an ex president, he might have considered becoming a journalist reporter or executive editor, as he had been a prize winning author. He wrote two books; one his thesis in 1940, "Why England Slept", and his "Profiles in Courage" (1956) that won in 1957. He had help in "Profiles" book from his prime speechwriter Ted Sorensen and from Jackie's history professor..

    • @TonyEnglandUK
      @TonyEnglandUK Год назад +3

      @@freeguy77 JFK gave the proceeds from UK sales of his book to the English city of Plymouth, which had taken a very hefty battering from the Luftwaffe. A very principled and honourable gentleman and President.

  • @75397
    @75397 7 лет назад +66

    The guy was so likable and very smart !

  • @johnpettersen9492
    @johnpettersen9492 7 лет назад +88

    this is how a president should sound to the public

  • @ossorio1971
    @ossorio1971 7 лет назад +100

    back when the press and society as a whole had a respectful decorum

    • @ellymaschinowrinn8609
      @ellymaschinowrinn8609 4 месяца назад

      I was thinking the same thing! No one shouted questions or talked over anyone. People dressed appropriately and behaved like mature adults. Is there any possibility that we can return to civilization?

  • @cooleslaw
    @cooleslaw 4 года назад +38

    So charming and charismatic. A brilliant mind lost way too early.

    • @non-wokemillennialakat85re72
      @non-wokemillennialakat85re72 Год назад

      Back in them days it was much easier to get executed in broad daylight unfortunately. Let's see here, JFK RFK MLK and Malcolm X all got assassinated in that decade. JFK in 63, Malcolm X in 65, and RFK and MLK in 68. Secret service is definitely better today.

    • @MalikaIC
      @MalikaIC 5 месяцев назад +1

      But nothing is lost in the mind of Christ Jesus who is still Lord of lords and King of kings in the heavens the earth and far beneath...If the American people have the courage they will vote for Bobby Kennedy jr and watch what sound intelligence can accomplish.

  • @UncompressedWAVmusic
    @UncompressedWAVmusic 4 года назад +81

    Wow JFK is so funny. I saw JFK many times on TV in the early 1960s and he was great. I loved everything about him. He was a rare breed. A respectable like able politician.

    • @ShazzPotz
      @ShazzPotz Год назад

      Likeable is one wo rd.

  • @edwardyoung522
    @edwardyoung522 8 лет назад +64

    going to his press conferences must have been a kick. Miss you, Jack.

  • @michaelsheridan2748
    @michaelsheridan2748 8 лет назад +284

    I think he was a very ' Witty ' guy, also very Intelligent as well!

    • @sankark3765
      @sankark3765 7 лет назад

      Michael Sheridan gvgju

    • @normanalvarez5751
      @normanalvarez5751 6 лет назад

      Got away with killing Marilyn Monroe

    • @uncletony6210
      @uncletony6210 6 лет назад

      what evidence do you have to support your claim, Norm?

    • @mrfester42
      @mrfester42 6 лет назад +4

      A sharp and quick wit is an indication of intelligence and that was certainly true for Kennedy. Because of his assassination and my interest in it and its implications for this country, I've been reading about him for over 50 years and the man was extremely intelligent and especially prescient regarding foreign affairs.
      Ultimately he was killed because he was ending the U.S. military buildup and involvement in Vietnam although others involved in his murder and its cover up wanted him dead for other reasons.
      There would have been no Vietnam war if he had lived!
      Those responsible for his murder and its cover up and their successors are still around and pulling the strings behind the scenes in this country.
      It is very true that he was our last true President. Every President since he was killed has worked under the shadow of the implicit threat that killed J.F.K. and a few of those Presidents were actually involved in his murder and the cover up.
      Most Americans dismiss that idea out of hand as being ridiculous and totally outside the realm of possibility. That blindness is a paradigm that has crippled this country in very basic and meaningful ways since his killing.
      All through history things like this have taken place so the big unseen changes that took place after his assassination are not at all unusual in the annals of world history. The problem is that Americans simply cannot believe that it can and has happened here. In that respect we believe we are different than all other countries and peoples in the world than have come before us. We are not!
      The ideals of our founding fathers and what we believe and aspire to as a nation are totally unique in world history but as human beings we are no different than those in the past.
      We have just as much of an impulse to do good and bad as any others and those who came before us.
      Our blindness in that regard is what has allowed the truth of his assassination to remain hidden for so long. The thing is that the facts are out there if we would only look but people do not look for what they don't believe exists in the first place.

    • @uncletony6210
      @uncletony6210 6 лет назад

      mrfester, can't take issue with anything you've said.

  • @edgabel6814
    @edgabel6814 3 года назад +26

    It is with equal parts of joy and sadness that I watch JFK. We can pass on this legacy by having a certain amount of temperance, humility and humanity in how we deal with each other. A decent sense of humor seems to help as well.

  • @fr6313
    @fr6313 6 лет назад +13

    What a great statesman ....A wonderful sense of humor and very amicable towards the press

  • @MapleSyrupPoet
    @MapleSyrupPoet 5 лет назад +88

    "I'm sure we haven't done enough." 😃😂😎 ...classic 💚

  • @LalitKumar-cu5iu
    @LalitKumar-cu5iu 6 лет назад +16

    He's witty and funny in a presidential way, not in a comical way.
    Class.

  • @rogerduffey1428
    @rogerduffey1428 2 года назад +47

    Not only did he have a great sense of humor, but he had a really nice smile!! I was in the 5th grade when we lost him!! And I'll never forget it!!! He actually picked my little sister up when he was in Tillamook oregons cheese factory while running for office!! Great home movies!! I stayed home to watch a Tarzan movie!! Worst decision I ever made!!!

    • @saphireblue3563
      @saphireblue3563 5 месяцев назад

      I was in, I think, fifth grade when he was running for President. Every girl in the class became involved with the election because they all had crushes on him!

  • @beyoncealways2911
    @beyoncealways2911 4 года назад +471

    “DO YOU MIND? IM BUSY NAILING CATHERINE THE GREAT, OR MORE LIKE CATHERINE THE SO-SO

    • @beyoncealways2911
      @beyoncealways2911 4 года назад +27

      Chris Hansen With Dateline NBC AHHHHHH I WAS IN A COFFIN WITH A DEAD GUY

    • @bloopblop5710
      @bloopblop5710 4 года назад +29

      *HARK, THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE GENTLE KNOCK OF A VUNERABLE TEENAGE GIRL.*

    • @beyoncealways2911
      @beyoncealways2911 4 года назад +17

      BLoop BLop *” you’re wet...”*

    • @wokecaesar3157
      @wokecaesar3157 4 года назад +20

      MY ABS ARE SO FIRM YOU CAN GRATE *CHEESE* ON THEM!

    • @flandurham9493
      @flandurham9493 4 года назад +13

      I-ur-uh wanna party player!

  • @cfx5000
    @cfx5000 7 лет назад +84

    One of the most exceptional human beings' that will ever live... Top ten. In my honest opinion.

    • @tillman40
      @tillman40 5 лет назад +1

      Except for the affairs?

    • @johnhariis250
      @johnhariis250 5 лет назад

      @tinwoods Oh! Stop nitpicking 🙄

    • @johnhariis250
      @johnhariis250 5 лет назад +1

      @@tillman40 Must be great to be perfect 🤔

    • @boomds5602
      @boomds5602 4 года назад

      @@johnhariis250 ummm...this person said he was one of the most exceptional human beings. There are plenty of people in the world who have never done anything as bad as continually cheating on their spouse. Im not saying he wasn't still a great person but I don't think he's one of the most exceptional to ever live.

    • @shanegreen1677
      @shanegreen1677 4 года назад

      Cuba... and the affairs...

  • @Quito87
    @Quito87 4 года назад +266

    “Dont pray for easy lives gentlemen..Pray to be; stronger men”

    • @fredjohnson5465
      @fredjohnson5465 4 года назад +3

      @Stephen Forfer Take your copy and paste lying communist agenda elsewhere. Most of it is incoherent and untruths just cobbled together.

    • @fredjohnson5465
      @fredjohnson5465 4 года назад +1

      @Stephen Forfer Yeah, yeah. Go peddle your nonsense elsewhere. I don't need a fanatic like you to tell me what I believe in or don't believe in.

    • @Live-qf2lg
      @Live-qf2lg 4 года назад +5

      @Stephen Forfer
      Is smell commie
      *loads rifle*

    • @Live-qf2lg
      @Live-qf2lg 4 года назад +5

      @@fredjohnson5465 why do Communists always write a whole ass book in the reply section!?

    • @fredjohnson5465
      @fredjohnson5465 4 года назад +2

      @Stephen Forfer Anytime you mix religion into politics, especially when you demonize one side over the other, smacks of fanaticism to me and it's no longer a topic for discussion. Have a blessed Happy Thanksgiving sir.

  • @mikekennedy4572
    @mikekennedy4572 Год назад +18

    He was a real leader and he knew how to interact with people without attacking, insulting, berating or mocking them the way some self-proclaimed genius does on a daily basis. I know it was decades ago, but watching this video made me smile, laugh and was uplifting. We lost him way too soon.

  • @DivineSimply
    @DivineSimply 8 лет назад +229

    That's what's called "working the room." He was a master at it. The press adored him, and it's a huge part of the reason he was able to get away with his extramarital peccadilloes.

    • @freeguy77
      @freeguy77 8 лет назад +12

      DivineSimply, his extramarital affairs and/or drug usage to help manage his pain, *might* have been exposed in the next years, if he had lived. We'll never know, but back then, the press gave a free pass to Presidents when they found out about their personal living habits. It was nobody else's business, they reasoned, unless it tied directly to his performance in office. After the Watergate mess with Nixon, that all changed to now *everything* is fair game for the press to salivate after and try to 'take down' the ones they hate, while still protecting those they like and/or policies the press approves of: ex., the Democrats, especially Hillary and Bill Clinton. [FDR was never shown by the press using a wheelchair, and most people living in his presidential years never knew he was paralyzed.]

    • @0907oliv
      @0907oliv 8 лет назад +14

      Everyone got away with it then. Not all the press was in the know. It was just rumors. Even if they did know, why would the press bring that up when a lot of them were doing the same? Actually, I think a lot of them are doing the same today, but they have to act as if they aren't. it's just so politically correct to "expose" an unfaithful male these days. Today there is even more hypocrisy going on. To me it is frightening, because we could lose a really good President over his sex life. We have a lot of big problems facing us, global warming, for example. I want the person who can fix that, and I don't care about their sex life.

    • @freeguy77
      @freeguy77 8 лет назад +1

      0907oliv What about his drug usage to combat his bad back and other ailments? That also could have been revealed.

    • @0907oliv
      @0907oliv 8 лет назад +11

      I don't think that would have been revealed. But to comment further, I think the alleged "drug usage" has been over hyped. First, there are several charges so it depends on what you are talking about. Some of the stories aren't exactly accurate. Now I am not saying that he didn't use stuff, but I am saying that too big of a deal has been made. No reputable historian has ever said h e was addicted because there is no proof that he was (only sleazy celebrity style biographers have) and some historians have said it did not affect his performance as President. One historian, Robert Dallek, looking at his medical record, noted the days when his medication was upped, and then reviewed the record of meetings, the tapes on those days, and didn't see where it did anything to his mind. if you want an example of a meeting that took place while he was heavily medicated for pain: Check the one on You Tube entitled "In The Room with JFK and RFK." The filmmakers who made that film say in a special edition of the DVD that JFK was "dog-tired" having come back from a trip from Hawaii (in other words he was on Hawaii time), he gave his famous peace speech that morning at the American University within an hour of his plane landing (when it would have been 4:30 am in Hawaii according to historian Andrew Cohen, he then went on later that day to the meeting you see on the clip referred to above. The filmmakers say: "his back is hurting him and he is heavily medicated." I own the DVD, so I know what they said. He is tired, but he is mentally alert and aware of every word spoken. You can also listen to all the Cuban Missile Crisis tapes, during which his medication was upped because of the stress he was under. There was nothing wrong with his mind during those discussions.

    • @freeguy77
      @freeguy77 8 лет назад +1

      +0907oliv I'm just saying his drug usage COULD have been revealed (and his extra-maritial affairs), and not just his prescription drug use. He was also smoking cannabis (marijuana), and possibly using LSD, but that isn't confirmed--he was inspired by one of his lovers, Mary Meyer, who helped him on his turn toward peace. Yes, he was medicated at various key times in his presidency, but I agree with you that he was better medicated than these pretend presidents who came after him unmedicated. However, LBJ was mentally ill (bi-polar) and psychotic, plus he was a maniac in wanting the presidency, because his father and grandfather died young due to heart disease, so that also pushed him to act before JFKs term(s) were over. He only lived 9 years after Dallas, at 64.

  • @ItzMeOB
    @ItzMeOB 4 года назад +32

    "We're going to have dinner with the Senates and we'll see who eats what" hahaha

  • @larshansson9442
    @larshansson9442 4 года назад +65

    I am still mourning him. This fantastic fellow. My idol as a boy.

    • @larshansson9442
      @larshansson9442 4 года назад +2

      ​@merch marine Crawl back under your stone.

    • @haroldbrown5308
      @haroldbrown5308 2 года назад +1

      @@larshansson9442 Lars ; you are a hard, hard dirt bag!

  • @aramrayzian7570
    @aramrayzian7570 Год назад +98

    People forget he was ill, in severe chronic pain and still acted like nothing was wrong and smiled
    And remained witty, composed and devoted.
    Even with his face swollen, and on so many drugs for pain from Addisons disease, he was handsome. I wish he knew the legacy he left. He never got to enjoy the success he had, as he was taken in his prime.

    • @Ken-ck4zn
      @Ken-ck4zn 6 месяцев назад +4

      “Devoted” to whom ? Not his wife.

    • @IslandGirl-nt6ry
      @IslandGirl-nt6ry 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@Ken-ck4zn He wasn't elected to be First Husband, he was elected to be a LEADER, he was that and so much more. War hero in WWII, accomplished writer, and showed the world the value of good leadership during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He was devoted to his country and maintaining its success, and determined to make improvements in all areas needed. Go ahead and take the cynical approach if you want but at the end of the day he remains the most popular, most quoted, and is always rated in the top 3 of American presidents.

    • @Ken-ck4zn
      @Ken-ck4zn 5 месяцев назад

      @@IslandGirl-nt6ry , he was trash , just like the rest of his family. Cope

    • @monichat
      @monichat 4 месяца назад

      @@Ken-ck4zn How would you know about JFK 's private life - Do you read the National Enquirer - MYODB

    • @Ken-ck4zn
      @Ken-ck4zn 4 месяца назад

      @@IslandGirl-nt6ry , he was a scumbag

  • @stevenashe8900
    @stevenashe8900 4 года назад +23

    I know once he was asked what his favorite tune was and he said something like “I don’t know but I think ‘Hail to the Chief’ has a nice ring to it”....lol

  • @DJtotheSecond
    @DJtotheSecond 4 года назад +59

    "He reports that everything is perfect and working well"

  • @cynthiaennis3107
    @cynthiaennis3107 5 лет назад +24

    What a sharp wit! Too funny...and just the right amount of class! Wish I had seen him as President! ♥️

  • @ilokivi
    @ilokivi 2 года назад +6

    Subtle, humble and hardly ever malicious. A tactful wit is a good aid to staying grounded, connected to the facts and a timely reminder of The Folks Who Elected Us.

  • @loulou2lou
    @loulou2lou 7 лет назад +27

    He had IT.Every week he would have a televised news conference & I made sure I was home on time. He had class& elan .We have not seen his likes since.

    • @drinkmoreorganicplants9459
      @drinkmoreorganicplants9459 5 лет назад

      I totally agree. love JFK and was so sad when he was assassinated. I believe he could have done more for this country ... but comparing presidents is not productive- those were different times, and he as well as our present President did their best to help under different pressures.
      I love JFK and I also love President TRUMP. Among the two- Presidents - our Donald TRUMP was blessed with time to stay in office - has done more in 2 years for the black community than any of the 11 or 13 Presidents in the past.
      If JFK were alive today, I believe he would have stopped illegal immigration and built the most formidable barrier, supported by the military and technology to defend this nation. JFK would have supported Donald Trump as was his action to defend this nation in 1963 ; JFK would support Trump because he is pro-life and will not approve of killing babies . JFK would grieve to see the state of the democratic party and what it has become in this decade.
      President Trump is not a perfect man- he is flawed just like JFK, just like the rest of us- but in TRUMP's time we cannot deny the economy is great, our unemployment low, our jobs are plentiful, the prisoners and our inner cities are given a second chance to do better in life, men or women are being supported , all races are encouraged to thrive, the veterans are being supported and he continues to keep illegal immigration at bay...
      President Trump worked without taking a salary, endured the "slings/arrows" from a hostile media, endured the opposition in his own party and the brutal undeserved attacks from the democratic party .
      No weapons will flourish against this President- He is protected by the Almighty., this is the miracle of 2016 and for years to come.
      Democrats in Texas for TRUMP
      Democrats in Texas for JFK ( rest in peace )
      Mothers of the Slain for TRUMP
      Catholics of Texas for TRUMP
      Mothers Against Drunk Drivers for TRUMP

    • @nihilisticbarbie
      @nihilisticbarbie 5 лет назад +2

      @@drinkmoreorganicplants9459 To put quite frankly, you're a clown. Trump isn't fit to shine Kennedy's shoes.

    • @johnhariis250
      @johnhariis250 5 лет назад +1

      @@nihilisticbarbie I totally agree with you 👌

  • @yellolab09
    @yellolab09 5 лет назад +63

    he had the timing of a stand up. those perfect pauses.

    • @richielevoithebrooklynsong9727
      @richielevoithebrooklynsong9727 4 года назад

      This song is dedicated to everyone who lost a loved one. God bless. "I'm calling out your name tonight" by Richie Levoi ruclips.net/video/JSbGGiSe3S8/видео.html

    • @renaissanceman165
      @renaissanceman165 4 года назад +2

      Yes. He and Barack Obama share a great talent for comedic pause and timing, ans sense of humor. Many similarities between both first families, including children back in the White House. Check it Out! Ciao!!!

    • @edlutz7218
      @edlutz7218 4 года назад

      @@renaissanceman165 maybe they would have made better comedians

  • @jonchaney
    @jonchaney 8 лет назад +16

    He has such a sense of humour. You can tell in his eyes that he is thinking something and all he has to do is smile and bow his head. He doesn't have to say a word.

  • @michaelsix9684
    @michaelsix9684 Год назад +64

    JFK and Reagan did the best with the press

    • @marygaia8132
      @marygaia8132 4 месяца назад +3

      They both new how to make it work for them. And I don't mean that in a bad way. JFK knew how attractive he was and Reagan had been an actor. They knew the uses of the media.

    • @michaelsix9684
      @michaelsix9684 4 месяца назад +4

      @@marygaia8132 the press liked both of them esp. JFK, he charmed them

    • @ToiniMoore
      @ToiniMoore 3 месяца назад

      You are SO Right ABOUT THAT!!

    • @ronaldshank7589
      @ronaldshank7589 2 месяца назад +1

      A little humor, and a lot of wisdom, goes a long way!

    • @michaelsix9684
      @michaelsix9684 2 месяца назад

      @@ronaldshank7589 it sure does

  • @bradleyparker4035
    @bradleyparker4035 4 года назад +233

    I want to walk up to him and whisper "Don't go to Dallas Mr. President"

    • @richardsainz4762
      @richardsainz4762 4 года назад +10

      @Stephen Forfer uhhhh no I dont want girl scout cookies **closes door**

    • @eameece
      @eameece 4 года назад +5

      Someone did, whose name was Lincoln. He went anyway, just like Lincoln ignored someone named Kennedy and went to the theater.

    • @geriannmalinowski9371
      @geriannmalinowski9371 4 года назад +4

      Somebody told him that but he didn't listen

    • @eameece
      @eameece 4 года назад +1

      @Stephen Forfer You voted for the Devil in 2020 and probably in 2016 too. May you never get what you voted for. May your devil Republicans never win again.

    • @eameece
      @eameece 4 года назад +2

      @Stephen Forfer I'm GLAD I vote for God's representatives on Earth, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Joseph R Biden and not the depraved devil incarnate Donald J. Drumpf. You can't recognize which is which, I'm sorry for you, you are not saved.

  • @RogerRoddComedian
    @RogerRoddComedian 8 лет назад +169

    When America had a word that has disappeared since the era of Reality TV and the internet. Class.

    • @lakemichigan6598
      @lakemichigan6598 8 лет назад +14

      Yes, JFK communicated dignity.

    • @johnmiller2505
      @johnmiller2505 5 лет назад

      Oh yeah real classs hosing down and setting dogs loose on innocent Americans.

    • @senorrefresco4141
      @senorrefresco4141 5 лет назад

      So much class-less behavior behind the scenes though. Nobody could report on it. The man was a paradox:
      1/2 gentlemen, 1/2 pig.

    • @jbeck9001
      @jbeck9001 5 лет назад

      Obama has class.

    • @corpsemachine6949
      @corpsemachine6949 4 года назад

      @@johnmiller2505 edgy playlist

  • @jackpinesavage1628
    @jackpinesavage1628 5 лет назад +72

    I remember when our teacher in school told us JFK was shot. When I came home from school that day, I remember finding my mother crying.

    • @susankennedy5739
      @susankennedy5739 4 года назад +6

      Me, too, I was in 6th grade. Our principal announced it over the intercom. All the teachers took turns going into the little library room off of the cafeteria to cry for a few minutes, then go back to their classrooms.

    • @mikegalvin9801
      @mikegalvin9801 3 года назад +2

      4th Grade. We were at lunch but spent most of the hour out on the playground. When we lined up to go inside we could tell something was wrong just by seeing the teachers. We listened to the radio over the PA and after the announcement we said decades of the rosary for him. When I got home (walked of course, kids didn't get driven 4 blocks back then) mom and Mrs Cox from across street were crying by the TV. I'd never seen grownups cry before and I noticed they had brought the drinks cart over even though it was too early in afternoon. Years later when talking to my folks dad mentioned that JFK murder for us was like Pearl Harbor for his generation and some day all those who could remember where they were would be gone. Not yet, but coming quicker than I thought.

  • @worldorthoorthopaedicsurge6147
    @worldorthoorthopaedicsurge6147 4 года назад +18

    He was a great man. Loved all around the world. We cried in NZ on that tragic day. Our priest used to play and analyse his speeches for us.

  • @cassieennis507
    @cassieennis507 4 года назад +4

    Why would anyone check a thumbs down to this gem - it's a far cry from the nastiness of today.

  • @brianedwards4161
    @brianedwards4161 6 лет назад +14

    A perfect combination of humility and witt- what a tragic loss to lose such a great man the way we did.. one of my all time favorite presidents

  • @hopalongsnot
    @hopalongsnot 7 лет назад +18

    He's so warm and charismatic!

  • @texastea369
    @texastea369 Год назад +9

    I do enjoy listening to President Kennedy speak it calms me and I hope he is in heaven with his wife.

  • @danielday4863
    @danielday4863 5 лет назад +7

    Notice how honest he is; Notice he picks reporters at random (no preselection with preordained questions). And he was brilliant.

  • @lukekuykendall6366
    @lukekuykendall6366 4 года назад +22

    Having been born in 1990, I never had the privilege of seeing this great man as President of the United States, and grew up learning about him in history books, film reels, and various films. My parents are both in their late 60's, and my grandparents in their 80's and 90's now. The way they speak of him, it really is a shame Kennedy never got the chance to complete his first term, but to think what he could have done in a full 8 years.

    • @leilaniaileenlove
      @leilaniaileenlove Год назад +3

      1990 here as well but it's as if we all knew him he connects with you even through a RUclips video in 2023

    • @micheleMAGGIO-m8j
      @micheleMAGGIO-m8j 4 месяца назад

      he was awesome...

  • @GregJay
    @GregJay 7 лет назад +17

    I can't remember a press conference i have ever seen that had so much electricity and wit. This guy was just cut from a different cloth than anybody ever! Decades ahead of his time.

  • @luisguzman2598
    @luisguzman2598 4 года назад +25

    We don’t have these interactions with our political figures anymore... we have truly fallen from greatness.

  • @MrHari232
    @MrHari232 5 лет назад +273

    I like how he took her question very seriously while the other idiots laughed at her. 2:35

    • @infiniLor
      @infiniLor 4 года назад +17

      Oh no... he's working hard to keep a straight face here.

    • @mollyh426
      @mollyh426 4 года назад +45

      infiniLor no i don’t think so actually he sat there and listened to her respectfully and answered her question no need to be negative :))

    • @infiniLor
      @infiniLor 4 года назад

      @@mollyh426 how's what I said "negative"?

    • @mollyh426
      @mollyh426 4 года назад +4

      infiniLor ur acting like he wouldn’t have respected her enough to keep a straight face when the whole time he sat there like 😐 listening to her and you said “oh no...” sooo?

    • @infiniLor
      @infiniLor 4 года назад +4

      Um... what? I said he kept a straight face. ... he was clearly amused tho

  • @susannebass1883
    @susannebass1883 4 года назад +64

    I don’t care how many people have negative attitudes, John F. Kennedy and his entire Family are great people/leaders. Rip

    • @PInk77W1
      @PInk77W1 Год назад

      His dad was literally pro hitler. LoL

    • @Michael-bf1dt
      @Michael-bf1dt Год назад +1

      Hi Susanne how are you. Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪 to USA 🇺🇸. The death of JFK was a tragedy and we all cried. I wish you a great day 👍🙏 Michael

  • @regkray9872
    @regkray9872 8 лет назад +89

    Greatest president that ever lived! RIP!

    • @drinkmoreorganicplants9459
      @drinkmoreorganicplants9459 5 лет назад

      I totally agree. love JFK and was so sad when he was assassinated. I believe he could have done more for this country ... but comparing presidents is not productive- those were different times, and he as well as our present President did their best to help under different pressures.
      I love JFK and I also love President TRUMP. Among the two- Presidents - our Donald TRUMP was blessed with time to stay in office - has done more in 2 years for the black community than any of the 11 or 13 Presidents in the past.
      If JFK were alive today, I believe he would have stopped illegal immigration and built the most formidable barrier, supported by the military and technology to defend this nation. JFK would have supported Donald Trump as was his action to defend this nation in 1963 ; JFK would support Trump because he is pro-life and will not approve of killing babies . JFK would grieve to see the state of the democratic party and what it has become in this decade.
      President Trump is not a perfect man- he is flawed just like JFK, just like the rest of us- but in TRUMP's time we cannot deny the economy is great, our unemployment low, our jobs are plentiful, the prisoners and our inner cities are given a second chance to do better in life, men or women are being supported , all races are encouraged to thrive, the veterans are being supported and he continues to keep illegal immigration at bay...
      President Trump worked without taking a salary, endured the "slings/arrows" from a hostile media, endured the opposition in his own party and the brutal undeserved attacks from the democratic party .
      No weapons will flourish against this President- He is protected by the Almighty., this is the miracle of 2016 and for years to come.
      Democrats in Texas for TRUMP
      Democrats in Texas for JFK ( rest in peace )
      Mothers of the Slain for TRUMP
      Catholics of Texas for TRUMP
      Mothers Against Drunk Drivers for TRUMP

    • @johnhariis250
      @johnhariis250 5 лет назад

      @@drinkmoreorganicplants9459 you're drinking too much 🙄🍺🍷🍻😂

    • @boomds5602
      @boomds5602 4 года назад

      @@drinkmoreorganicplants9459 you're delusional. JFK would be disgusted at the state of this country and democracy right now. His entire family are still democrats to this day and Im sure they'd know a heck of a lot more than you what he would have wanted. Find me any politician that was pro choice back then. Times change.

  • @jimmy2k4o
    @jimmy2k4o 3 года назад +80

    I know it’s totally illogical as a Brit born in the 90s
    But I can’t look at, hear or think of Jack Kennedy without getting really sad.
    Edit re-think it’s not illogical, not only are our countries close in many ways.
    Jack Kennedy was a good man, murdered in his prime. Anybody could naturally feel a sad regret, and wonder optimistically about what good he could have done with five more years.

    • @bahhhh6126
      @bahhhh6126 3 года назад +1

      Well said I'm from the UK of similar age , totally sad he was a great man

    • @alfredfreedomjones5105
      @alfredfreedomjones5105 2 года назад +2

      Ahaha that’s not illogical. I’m an Asian born in the 2000s and I’ve been mourning him ever since I heard of him. You are correct, I can’t stop thinking what more he could have given the world

    • @MissJadeKennedy
      @MissJadeKennedy 2 года назад +1

      I’m Scottish & 32 & totally admire JFK & The Kennedys, and it fills me with sadness knowing what he could have done & wonder what the US would have been like should he have lived that day

    • @EtherealAriel
      @EtherealAriel 2 года назад +2

      You might need to read more about his personal life. He was just a very charismatic character.

    • @wangmowangdi3471
      @wangmowangdi3471 Год назад +2

      This charismatic President Kennedy saved the World from a Nuclear Catastrophe 😮 This is what I remember him mostly for besides many other reasons ❤❤❤ RIP President Kennedy 😢 🙏 ❤